Giants (Hicks) vs Cubs (Assad): 6/17/24, 7:05pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Rex Buckingham]

I fully expect the Cubs to look beyond hapless against Hicks

[Tryptamine]

I'm going to be optimistic today. I feel like they score 2 runs.

[BKHoo]

7 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

I fully expect the Cubs to look beyond hapless against Hicks

It has certainly been a trend to make pitchers look better than their averages. 

[Cubs206]

18 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

I fully expect the Cubs to look beyond hapless against Hicks

I’m sure they will have Happ in the lineup lolol 

 

[Chicago Al]

42 minutes ago, Cubs206 said:

I’m sure they will have Happ in the lineup lolol 

 

For $20 mil a year he kinda has to be.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Happ has a 139 wRC+ over the last month and is like a couple good days at the plate from his career line, why would we mock the idea of him playing*

 

*don't actually answer this question

[Soul]

I shouldn't be watching but like an idiot I'll have it on.  Self-destructive behavior?  Yes.

[Rcal10]

I am starting Hicks on my fantasy team. The last time the Cubs faced one of my pitchers was the last time they actually did anything in the first few innings of a game, when they chased Montas after 2 innings. So I do expect them to come out fast tonight. And You're welcome. 

[squally1313]

1 hour ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Happ has a 139 wRC+ over the last month and is like a couple good days at the plate from his career line, why would we mock the idea of him playing*

 

*don't actually answer this question

Yeah but what if I weirdly chop up his game logs and create a split that shows him in the least flattering light possible

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Yeah but what if I weirdly chop up his game logs and create a split that shows him in the least flattering light possible

I just don’t understand all the people who constantly cut Happ down. Not counting pitchers his war is second on the team. And the guy above him, Busch, many have suggested should be in the minors or replaced by an overpriced slugger. Just don’t understand the fan base. 

[CubinNY]

1 minute ago, Rcal10 said:

I just don’t understand all the people who constantly cut Happ down. Not counting pitchers his war is second on the team. And the guy above him, Busch, many have suggested should be in the minors or replaced by an overpriced slugger. Just don’t understand the fan base. 

Those people might have unrealistic expectations for the type of player that Happ is given that the Cubs decided to make him one of the faces of the franchise. He's a fine player on a good team but not a star. So he gets unfairly projected that way. Also, he has a horrid April, and some people checkout. 

[Stratos]

3 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

I just don’t understand all the people who constantly cut Happ down. Not counting pitchers his war is second on the team. And the guy above him, Busch, many have suggested should be in the minors or replaced by an overpriced slugger. Just don’t understand the fan base. 

Some people like to complain and point blame and call someone trash if they have a bad stretch.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Tangentially related to the subject of Happ, I think I asked this before but I don't recall the answer.  Is there any statistical measure of streakiness in a player's performance?

As an extreme example: 

Player A: .250 batting average over the course of the season.  He went 1 for 4 in every game. 

Player B: .250 batting average over the course of the season.  He had no hits in his first 300 at bats, then followed that with 100 consecutive hits. 

So both of these players ended up with the same average at the end of the season, but the way they got there was completely different.  Player A was a perfect picture of consistency, while Player B was essentially the complete opposite. 

Is there any existing measure that teams could look to use to try to achieve a more consistent result on offense?  Would it actually be a meaningful metric?  Are there players who regularly perform more consistently than others or is that not really a thing?  Are the Cubs' hitters streakier than most, or does it just feel that way because we experience the slumps and hot streaks with them every game?

[BKHoo]

Last 31 games — 10-21 which is the third worst mark in baseball.  When do we get out of this? 

[chibears55]

Jed has it figured out, don't worry  😏

https://x.com/WatchMarquee/status/1802837749327597754?t=ekxHtIR80RJjBceTYHfWqQ&s=19

[Tryptamine]

[Irrelevant Dude]

That's a new way to lose.

[KCCub]

Bottom 1st, two outs, and already pissed. Love these Cubbies 

[mfcubs22]

We’re so good at hitting that we can afford to give up outs on the bases. Shouldn’t be a problem at all. 
 

Pretty sure Hicks threw maybe 2 pitches actually in the strike zone. 

[Max Power]

Pitcher was yet to throw it in the zone- one was called a strike, that wasn’t in the zone, batter swings at ball, flies out weakly to LF. Baserunner gets thrown out going to second.

 

Cubs baseball.

[Cubbies1996]

In no universe is Morel a #2 hitter. Just an idiotic lineup by Counsell again. Keeps trotting out the same thing expecting something different to happen 

[cl smooth]

Organist playing “situation” by Yaz for Mike Yastrzemski’s walk-up music. What a perfect choice.

[Cubbies1996]

Hicks has thrown like 4 legit strikes and the cubs are just swinging away lol

[Tryptamine]

An endless supply of warning track shots.